Band 8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Bristol

Band 8a Clinical or Counselling Psychologist - Bristol

We are looking to recruit a Practitioner Psychologist to clinically lead and oversee psychological practice in the Mental Health Integrated Network Teams (MINTs) in Inner City and East Bristol. Bristol is a vibrant, multi‑cultural city and this post provides opportunities for close working with diverse local communities. As part of the Community Mental Health Framework, we are delivering an exciting transformation programme to support people with mental health needs who can fall thought the 'gaps' of current pathways to get the personalised help they need efficiently, and close to home.

We will consider 7 to 8a preceptorship for candidates with previous experience of the client group including community outreach and engagement work with marginalised populations.

To provide clinical leadership alongside the MINT team manager to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Integrated Network Team (MINT), including (but not limited to) guiding principles of the clinical framework, the delivery of a psychologically informed service, psychological interventions, and Quality Assurance of those interventions.

To use specialist psychological knowledge and skills to provide a formulation‑based care service to inform effective work with service users, families and carers.

To provide leadership and direction to the MINT in line with the Community Transformation Framework and Trauma‑Informed Care, delivering a service dedicated to reducing oppressive practice and addressing structural inequality in mental health‑care.

To provide highly specialist psychological assessment and therapy to service users and carers as appropriate to the service.

To provide highly specialist advice and consultation on clients' formulation and psychological management to non‑psychologist colleagues.

To clinically supervise/line manage trainee clinical psychologists, assistant psychologists, Clinical Associate Psychologists (CAPs) and less experienced psychology staff, and other professionals where indicated.

To contribute to audit, research, policy and service development within the areas served by the MINT and the Psychological Therapies Service/CPI.

To develop and deliver training to multidisciplinary staff.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community‑based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person‑centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence‑based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

To lead and deliver a high quality and largely autonomous and systematic clinical/counselling psychology service to the MINT in line with best practice and National guidelines.

To hold clinical responsibility for the MINT service alongside the MINT Team Manager.

To undertake highly specialist assessments, including neuropsychological assessment, risk assessment and assessment for suitability for specialist psychological therapies with clients and their carers (as appropriate to the role).

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or…